Taylor 5571 Breast Cancer Awareness Body Fat Scale
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Customer Reviews of Taylor 5571 Breast Cancer Awareness Body Fat Scale
Customer Review: Good scale, but fishy electronics?
Summary: 4 Stars
So far, this scale is fairly good. It gave weights that are pretty close to what other electronic scales gave (and the .5lb increment on this scale is precise enough, for those of you wanting a .2lb increment). My Body Fat measurements were fairly consistent, with it not varying by more than 1% from day to day.
BUT!!! The main suspicion I have with this scale is that it seems to have a "lazy" weight measurement change. What do I mean by that? Let's say, for example, you weight yourself and the scale says 154lbs. If you step off, take off a jacket u know weights about 1.5lbs, and step on the scale again, the scale will show that you still weight 154lbs. BUT! And here is when it gets interesting, I suspected that the scale might have a 'short-term' memory built into its eletronics and will simply go back to the most recently measured weight if the difference in weight is small enough. SO, I weighted myself, at say, 154, then made the scale go to some other weight, say 130, and then take off my jacket and weight myself again, and guess what? I now get 152.5lbs.
So, in summary, a pretty precise and good scale, but for some reason, its designers decided to build in a 'cheat' like that just to give the illusion that it is even more precise.
Customer Review: A great scale, a great cause!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this scale because I wanted to get a body fat scale first of all, but when I found out that they donate money to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, it was even better! Having breast cancer effect my family was my strong reason to buy this scale and lend more support. The body fat feature is great, easy to use! Just a couple of buttons and I was ready. I may not like the results but it was easy. I also drink a lot of water so knowing my body water levels is also important. I must admit, I use the scale mostly for just the scale mode (I just step on it for that), but will do the body fat thing once a month to see if anything changes. I like this scale much better than my older one. My older one I had to press it first and wait before I stepped on it, which bugged me. I like just stepping on the scale to get my weight. I was researching scales in the stores and it seems that most Taylor models are like that. I saw Weight Watchers and Healthometer in the stores with a big red sticker to press on first and wait -- yuck, I didn't want that again. Amazon has such a good price on this scale, I had to buy it! And now, I am happy!Customer Review: Accurate Scale. Not to measure bodyfat!
Summary: 2 Stars
At first glance this scale looks fairly sophisticated. Looks can be deceiving. I'm fairly certain that the body fat sensor don't do anything at all. Why does a body fat measuring device need to know if you are an athlete or what your height is? If is truly measuring resistance through your body this info should be irrelevant! What it is actually doing is calculating your BMI. That is completely useless if you want to know your bodyfat percentage! Don't believe me? Change your height! Your body fat will go down if you say you are taller and will go up if you say you are shorter! In exact accordance with a BMI chart! Utterly useless!!!
I rated this a two because the scale works very well. People having trouble with the scale must be using their unit on carpet! That or their's is defective.
Customer Review: Good for weight, not so much for fat
Summary: 3 Stars
So far I have found that the scale is very accurate and consistent regarding body weight. I can get on the scale 5 times and get the same weight each time. And it seems to be consistent with scales at the gym, doctor, etc. But I don't think the boby fat analyzer works well. I've lost 20 lbs, been working out at the gym lifting weights, etc, and haven't lost 1% in body fat. I had a body fat analysis done at the gym and the results were WAY off from what this scale does. The scale said 33%, the gym said 15%. Truth lies somewhere in between probably, but I don't buy the 33%. So in conclusion, good scale for weight. Not for boby fat calculation.Customer Review: Not Worth Money
Summary: 2 Stars
This product was easy to set up, and the scale portion works well. However, those are the only positives.
The body fat percentage of the scale does not work. I get different readings each time I step on the scale. One of the reasons why I bought this was because it has an athletic mode, which corrects for the high muscle mass of athletes. Being a collegiate division one athlete, my muscle percentage is higher than that of a normal person. The batteries were also not included, so that added extra expenses.
Overall, it was not worth the money I spent on it. If you are an athlete that want accurate readings, do not buy this scale.